Emma Raducanu has scooped over £79,000 following her recent appearance at the United Cup, despite the 22-year-old failing to win her first match of 2026.
The British tennis star fell to a three-sets defeat to Maria Sakkari on Monday as she continues her preparations for the Australian Open, which will commence later this month.
Despite her failure to win her singles contest, the 2021 US Open champion has claimed a $100,000 (£75,000) appearance fee following her outing in Australia.
And with Great Britain beating Japan, she's also scooped around $6000 (£4474) via a team win bonus.
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That number would have been even greater but Great Britain were, in the end, dumped out by Greece after losing their tie 2-1.
Raducanu will return to the court next week when the Hobart International commences.
After that, however, she'll be aiming to win a second major of her career at the 2026 Australian Open.
Emma Raducanu has scooped over £79,000 following her recent appearance at the United Cup, despite the 22-year-old failing to win her first match of 2026
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Speaking after her defeat to Sakkari, Raducanu admitted that she was finding things 'very difficult' after barely playing during the off-season.
"In my match, considering the circumstances, doubt whether I was going to play or not today, I'm pretty happy with how I was able to kind of play a match of three sets," she said.
"Considering I played five, six games in practice, it is a big effort for me.
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Five facts for tennis fans | GETTY/PA"Really proud of how I kind of put myself out there, despite the scenario and situation.
"Also playing against Maria, who was playing really, really well. She also has a match under her belt, big win against Naomi [Osaka].
"To produce that level just by the circumstances, I have to be proud of even if it's very difficult right now."
Elaborating further, she added: "I started hitting two weeks ago, so it's been a good two and a bit months where I didn't play.
"I did fitness. [At the end of November] I was doing fitness, started that. It's been difficult to kind of increase the load and add the unpredictability of the tennis.
"I think being able to produce that, having not played, is just giving me confidence to what I can do when I do practice more. I know now I just need to get my head down, keep working.
Emma Raducanu embraces Maria Sakkari at the net following her defeat at the United Cup over the weekend | GETTY"It's been a long break for everyone. I think after my last match in Ningbo, it's been a good three months.
"Initially, you feel a little bit alien on the court, in the first set, just playing points again. Yeah, I just need to try and recover as best as I can, just keep working.
"I think you have to just take it as it comes. I went to Barcelona for two weeks, but wasn't really able to play.
"Just good a lot of gym where I could, then started static hitting. I kind of played my first points two days ago in practice. It's been a very fast run path.
"I just need to keep going. The season is still very, very young. Week one. There's a long way to go."
The 2026 Australian Open will have record prize money, giving players an even greater incentive as they look to etch their name into the history books.